Category Archives: World
Philly dad, toddler critically wounded while sitting in car
PHILADELPHIA - A man and his toddler son were critically wounded when someone fired shots into the vehicle they were sitting in on a Philadelphia street. The shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. Wednesd...
Apr 19, 2018
Syrian rebels give up Damascus area town to government
BEIRUT - The Syrian government took control of a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday after rebels evacuated to north Syria - the latest in a string of handovers by rebels to the government. Residen...
Apr 19, 2018
Babies of senators now welcome in Senate chamber
WASHINGTON - Who doesn’t like babies? No one in the Senate, apparently - at least not enough to block a historic rules change that passed Wednesday allowing the newborns of members into the cham...
Apr 19, 2018
2 black men arrested at Starbucks get an apology from police
PHILADELPHIA - Rashon Nelson initially brushed it off when the Starbucks manager told him he couldn’t use the restroom because he wasn’t a paying customer. He thought nothing of it when he...
Apr 19, 2018
Starbucks incident highlights perils of shopping while black
PHILADELPHIA - It was a surreal scene that is part of daily life for many black Americans and minorities, an everyday moment gone wrong, ending in complete humiliation. Two black men were handcuffed a...
Apr 19, 2018
US manufacturers seek relief from steel and aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON - Rising costs. Delayed shipments. A baffling bureaucracy. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported aluminum and steel are disrupting business for American companies that buy thos...
Apr 19, 2018
Erdogan catches Turkey off guard by calling early elections
ANKARA, Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan caught Turkey off guard on Wednesday by calling early elections for June, in a move that could cement his grip on power a year ahead of schedule. Erdoga...
Apr 19, 2018
It's (another) boy! Michigan family with 13 sons gets No. 14
ROCKFORD, Mich. - There will be no shortage of hand-me-downs for this Michigan kid. The Grand Rapids Press reports that Kateri and Jay Schwandt welcomed the birth of their 14th son on Wednesday, five ...
Apr 19, 2018
Women take fall in Nobel scandal for man's alleged misdeeds
STOCKHOLM - Thousands of protesters called Thursday for the resignation of the secretive board that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature after a sex-abuse scandal linked to the prestigious Swedish aca...
Apr 19, 2018
Armed police will patrol rail stations at royal wedding
LONDON - British officials say armed and undercover police officers will patrol train stations with routes leading to Windsor when Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle on May 19. British Transport Polic...
Apr 19, 2018